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By Aro13 BRONZE
New York, New York

I was a dork. Most kids go through their awkward phase sometime in middle school, but my mother caused mine to begin at the age of five. I attended an all girls school until fourth...
Aro13 BRONZE, New York, New York
4 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t worry about your background whether its odd or ordinary, use it, build on it&quot; Gloria Steinem<br /> <br /> &quot;All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.&quot; Leo Tolstoy


S-Chique00 GOLD, Dundalk, Other
10 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Rocky Balboa: You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain&#039;t how hard you hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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By ScreenName2014 GOLD
West Chester, Ohio
ScreenName2014 GOLD, West Chester, Ohio
17 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone. And do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering. - Ida Scott Taylor

Nonfiction
By Anonymous
Nonfiction
xxbakerbabyxx DIAMOND, Coatesville, Pennsylvania
79 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life will only controll youh if youh let it&quot;

Nonfiction
By Anonymous
TaRyN24 SILVER, West Palm, Florida
9 articles 3 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love starts with a smile. Grows deeper with a kiss. And ends with tears.

Nonfiction
By welliboots BRONZE
Neath Port Talbot/ South Wales, Other
welliboots BRONZE, Neath Port Talbot/ South Wales, Other
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Nonfiction
By AnneOnnimous BRONZE
Peterborough Ontario, Other
AnneOnnimous BRONZE, Peterborough Ontario, Other
3 articles 0 photos 146 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Saying &#039;I notice you&#039;re a nerd&#039; is like saying, &#039;Hey, I notice that you&#039;d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you&#039;d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?&#039; In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even &#039;lame&#039; is kind of lame. Saying &#039;You&#039;re lame&#039; is like saying &#039;You walk with a limp.&#039; Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he&#039;s done all right for himself.&quot;<br /> &mdash; John Green

Nonfiction
By kimpossiblebyday GOLD
South San Francisco, California
kimpossiblebyday GOLD, South San Francisco, California
12 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I began to view the world at large through borrowed eyes more like those I wanted to own: hopeful.&quot; -Ellen Hopkins